Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cogshall, Cheshire

Cogshall is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Cheshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
MADDOCK1617.77781,951.22
MILLINGTON1112.2222808.82
EATON88.8889317.46
MILLER77.777843.48
CLARKE66.666732.89
CLARE66.6667461.54
GRANGE55.5556961.54
COE44.4444273.97
ELLISON33.3333157.89
HOUGHTON33.333395.54
TOMLINSON22.222248.19
HIGGINS22.222243.96
BOWYER22.2222204.08
WILLIS22.222241.75
LATHAM11.111154.64
BAILEY11.11117.37
WHITBY11.1111181.82
HILL11.11114.36
SMITH11.11110.79
MULLIN11.1111250.00
CONNELLY11.1111119.05
MASSEY11.111143.48
JAMESON11.1111100.00
SINGLETON11.111156.18
THOMAS11.11112.69
HENSHALL11.1111227.27
PHILIPS11.111159.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MADDOCK0.09901951.2195
GRANGE0.0990961.5385
MILLINGTON0.0990808.8235
CLARE0.0990461.5385
EATON0.0990317.4603
COE0.0990273.9726
MULLIN0.0990250.0000
HENSHALL0.0990227.2727
BOWYER0.0990204.0816
WHITBY0.0990181.8182
ELLISON0.0990157.8947
CONNELLY0.0990119.0476
JAMESON0.0990100.0000
HOUGHTON0.099095.5414
PHILIPS0.099059.8802
SINGLETON0.099056.1798
LATHAM0.099054.6448
TOMLINSON0.099048.1928
HIGGINS0.099043.9560
MILLER0.099043.4783
MASSEY0.099043.4783
WILLIS0.099041.7537
CLARKE0.099032.8947
BAILEY0.09907.3746
HILL0.09904.3630
THOMAS0.09902.6925
SMITH0.09900.7869

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 90 people called MADDOCK in Cogshall at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 1951.2195 in Cogshall means that 1951.2195% of the people in Cogshall on census day were called MADDOCK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MADDOCK in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called MADDOCK as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called MADDOCK here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called MADDOCK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Cogshall means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MADDOCK in Cogshall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cogshall in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

BAILEY (1)  BOWYER (2)  CLARE (6)  CLARKE (6)  COE (4)  CONNELLY (1)  EATON (8)  ELLISON (3)  GRANGE (5)  HENSHALL (1)  HIGGINS (2)  HILL (1)  HOUGHTON (3)  JAMESON (1)  LATHAM (1)  MADDOCK (16)  MASSEY (1)  MILLER (7)  MILLINGTON (11)  MULLIN (1)  PHILIPS (1)  SINGLETON (1)  SMITH (1)  THOMAS (1)  TOMLINSON (2)  WHITBY (1)  WILLIS (2)